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Mark Harris

MARK HARRIS: Thinking of it laterally

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It used to be called the AGM Cup. Others have dubbed it Maps and Darts. The club allocations for next season have been out for ten days and social media is awash with puzzlement and indignation-as usual.

TONY INCENZO: Hammer is only happy to retrace his roots!

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Michail Antonio is one of football’s biggest rags to riches success stories – but also one of the game’s most humble. At 33, Antonio is West Ham United’s leading Premier League goalscorer and has racked up seven international caps for Jamaica having twice been handed an England call-up.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Play-offs at their finest!

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Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with Real Madrid at the Bernabeu was intriguing, but never exciting. First legs rarely are. Like the opening round of a boxing match, there are jabs and feints and the odd stiff right to raise a cheer.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: FC St Helens 2-2 Ilkley Town

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THE weekend’s football entertainment is chosen very quickly; no prevarication needed this week. FC St. Helens of the North West Counties League have been on my radar all season so when I spot that they are at home in a Play-off semi-final on Saturday, it’s a no-brainer.

TONY INCENZO: A new giant is re-awakening!

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Sleeping giant is a term which can often be overused amidst our everyday football parlance – but it certainly applies to Dudley Town who are joyfully celebrating a first league title triumph in almost four decades.

DIARY OF A GROUND HOPPER: Mortimor 2-0 Chinnor

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READERS of The NLP will have noted Tony Incenzo espousing the delights of Groundhops in a recent issue. This weekend is a rare chance for me to catch up with one such Hop in the shape of UK Groundhop’s Hellenic event.

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